A Bryant rookie card sold for $1.795 million at auction. Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports

Kobe Bryant rookie card sells for nearly $1.8 million at auction

By Erin Walsh | Last updated 3/7/21

Kobe Bryant memorabilia has skyrocketed in price since the Los Angeles Lakers legend died in a tragic helicopter accident last year. On Saturday, a Bryant rookie card sold for $1.795 million at Goldin Auctions.

The "1996-97 Topps Chrome Refractors #138 Kobe Bryant Rookie Card — BGS PRISTINE/Black Label 10" is just one of two in the world "at its level of perfection," according to Goldin Auctions.

Final Sale Price: $1,795,800

An all-time record for any Kobe Bryant card. pic.twitter.com/dTStDwavHx
— Goldin Auctions (@GoldinAuctions) March 7, 2021

A lot of Bryant memorabilia has sold recently. The shoes he gifted to LeBron James in 2002 sold for $156,000. A piece of the court where he played his final NBA game sold for more than $600,000, and Bryant's childhood basketball hoop recently sold for $37,200 at Heritage Auctions.

Although Bryant's rookie card sold for a lot, it's not the highest-selling card ever. A Luka Doncic rookie card recently sold for $4.6 million, and a LeBron James Upper Deck rookie Patch Parallel card sold at auction for $1.845 million.

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